Improvement in fenders



H. C. KRING. Fender.

No.. 219,163. Patented Sept. 2,1879.

.it connected to a plow. Fig. 2 is the plow-beam,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY D. KRING, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENDERS.

Specicationforming part of Letters Patent N0. 219,163, dated September2, 1879; application filed July 7, 1879.

reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of myinvention, showing a detail view of the slotted end of the fender; andFig. 3 is a perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of the right-angleslotted bar.

This invention has relation to attachments for plows or cultivatorsknown as clod-fenders or shields,7 employed for they purpose of keepingclods from rolling or falling o nto the young corn; and the object ofthe present invention is to so construct thedevice that itseii'ectiveness is greatly increased, and connecting it to the plowbeam,whereby the required degree of adjustment is obtained, as will behereinafter described, and subsequently pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a cultivator-plow, with theusual beam a, to which are connected the uprights b and shovels of Theuprights b are connected, one upon each side of the beam a, and bracedby wire rods d, a suitable handle or handles, e, being secured to theplow-beam a and uprights b.

To the front end of the plow-beam a is pivoted one end of a curved arm,B, by bolt and nut f, passing through one of a series of holes, g, inthe end of the arm, so that the saine can be adjusted in length asrequired.

The arm B passes through the lower slotted end of a right-angle bar, O,the horizontal portion of said bar being secured to the upper side ofthe beam a by a thumb-nut, h, iitting onto a screw-bolt, i, rigidlysecured to the plow-beam.

The right-angle bar C,with its slotted ends k Z, will, by itsadjustment, regulate the position of the arm B. By sliding the barhorizontally and in a direction at right angles to the arm will bebrought to or from the plow-beam and shovels o, and be raised orlowered, as may be found necessary 'in cultivating corn of dierentgrowths.

The arm B, at its free end, has pivoted to it a shield or clod-fender,D, the shield being held at any desired angle with relation to the arm Bby set-screw m passing throughthe arm and a slot, n, in the shield D.

The shield D has fender barsl or iin gers o, and has a slot, p, belowthe pivotal end of the arm B. lThis shield will eii'ectually prevent thelumps from rolling and falling on the corn, or whatever is beingcultivated, and at the same time will allow the tine dirt to passthrough the slot p and under the lower side of the shield or nger o,while the fingers will force the lumps away from the corn, so that theywill lodge in the furrow back of the shovels.

The adjustment of the shield D is of great importance, as it can beregulated to-snit the condition of the soil, and when the corn is smallcan be lowered, and the curved `arm B also adjusted as circumstances mayrequire.

The cultivator-plow shown and described can be variously modified in itsseveral parts, or any other suitable cultivator or shovelplow can besubstituted, without departing from the principle ot' my invention,which consists, essentially, of the peculiar form of shield and itsadjuncts, as hereinbefore described.

I am aware that it is not new to attach fenders to plows by anadjustable gravitating arm, or to form them with openings to admit thepassage of line earth, and with vertical or other adjustments, and henceI only claim my special construction and combination of devices.

The combination of the curved arm B, adjustably pivoted to the beam a atits outer end, and the angular bar O, having slots 7c l,

screw t', and thumb-nut h, with the slotted shield D, pivoted to theinner end of the -arm B, and provided with the curved fingers o o, andslot 'n and set-screwm, for an gularly adjusting` the shield, the wholeconstructed and ar` ranged to operate in the manner and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. KRING. Witnesses:

C. H. JOHNSON, Gno. M. LANDON.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by

